Watching her husband fight 12 rounds in a bid to become undisputed world heavyweight champion will never be the easiest, and Paris Fury has sensationally admitted she wasn’t front row to see the Gypsy King in Saudi Arabia last night.
Posting on Instagram today, sharing a photo of the couple shortly after they married in 2008, he told Tyson, who lost on points to Oleksandr Usyk in the historic match at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, that he would “never not be in your home”. side to fight again.’
Yesterday, the mother of seven, who has been with the 6ft 9in boxer since they met at a wedding in 2005, when he was 17 and she was 15, had shared her anxiety in an Instagram post ahead of the fight, saying he was a ‘bag of nerves’.
She was later not pictured at the historic match and admitted beforehand that she hated seeing her husband in the ring.
Today, he posted the photo of the couple in their youth, writing: ’19 and 20 about this newlywed, I love him more than ever, the best man in my eyes.
‘I will never be at your side for a fight again. Even though I couldn’t be there, I wanted to be.’
Mother-of-seven Paris Fury took to Instagram today to say she couldn’t watch her husband’s fight of the century in Riyadh and vowed to always be by his side in future fights, after clearly regretting the decision to stay away.
Paris also shared a caption using traditional wedding vows in her post, after admitting she regretted not being by her husband’s side in Saudi Arabia.
Tyson’s wife, Paris, was nowhere to be seen before the match and remained quiet on social media, except to share a video of her husband, in which he admitted he was a “bag of nerves.”
Paris then added the traditional marriage vows of “to have and to keep” to the position.
Posting a video yesterday of Tyson holding a “victory cigar” between his lips before the fight, he captioned the video: “(He’s) as calm as you want, and I’ve been a nervous wreck all day.” .
The 34-year-old had also been honest with reporters about hating watching her husband fight. She said: “I hate it. I have to be honest, that’s the absolute answer.” I support it but I don’t enjoy it. I hate being there but on the other hand I feel like I have to be there.
‘I feel like, if I’m not there, what if something goes wrong and I’m not with him?
Victory kiss: Oleksandr Usyk kisses his wife, Yekaterina, shares a kiss after the judges deemed him the winner in a close fight against Tyson Fury.
Yekaterina was the center of attention at the historic match at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, posing for a photo with fellow Ukrainian, former boxer Wladimir Klitschko, before the fight.
The Gypsy King, 35, lost to the Ukrainian following a judge’s vote in what was billed as one of the biggest fights of the millennium, as they met in the first clash for the undisputed heavyweight title in 25 years. years.
Meanwhile, Oleksandr Usyk’s wife looked the epitome of a glamorous boxing prankster in photos she shared on her own Instagram from the occasion.
As her husband, a Ukrainian fighter, emerged victorious in the ring, defeating Tyson Fury in front of a packed crowd, Mrs Usyk cut an elegant figure as she watched from the sidelines, before approaching him for a winning kiss when the results of the judges showed that their man’s favor.
Mother-of-three Yekaterina, pictured on the far right, looked elegant in a cream-colored wide-leg trouser suit.
The Ukrainian shared a reel of photos of her hugging her husband after he won the title.
The victory makes Usyk the first undisputed heavyweight champion this century.
Wearing a cream-colored baggy trouser suit and her brown hair down and down, the boxer’s wife was seen posing with friends and former Ukrainian professional boxer Wladimir Klitschko before the fight.
Oleksandr and Yekaterina, who have three children together, Kyrylo, Mykhalio and Yelizaveta, had to flee their home in Vorzel, Bucha, when Russia invaded Ukraine for the first time in February 2022.
Cristiano Ronaldo (centre) was situated in the front row, sitting next to Anthony Joshua (left) in the high-profile fight.
Meanwhile, Fury made the surprising claim that “the people are on the side of the country at war.”
It may not be long before a rematch between the two men is on the cards.
After last night’s fight, Fury is set to bank another £100 million if he accepts a second fight after losing for the first time last night, as the Ukrainian fighter became the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era .
The night’s judges scored the fight 115-112 Usyk, 114-113 Fury and 114-113 Usyk to see Usyk win by split decision, but the pre-fight agreement the two fighters signed sets up a second meeting.
Fury later claimed that the judges favored Usyk because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It has also been revealed that the triumphant Usyk, 37, was rushed to hospital with a suspected broken jaw instead of attending a post-match press conference.
The battle was a tale of two halves at the Kingdom Arena, after Fury, 35, dominated the early rounds before Usyk regained control of the fight with a flurry of punches in the ninth round that left the Gypsy King reeling. .
After the final round, there was mutual respect between the two fighters who exchanged kisses and hugs as they awaited the result.